RFP EM-015-2025

Database Hosting, Management and Technical Services

The Efficiency Maine Trust (the Trust or Efficiency Maine) seeks a qualified bidder or team of bidders to perform database management and technical services as they relate to the maintenance and continuing development of the Efficiency Maine Reporting and Tracking (effRT) database. EffRT supports the collection, storage, reporting and analysis of energy efficiency data across all activities of Efficiency Maine programs.

Bidders may propose options for hosting and assuming maintenance of the existing database or migrating the existing data to an alternate database platform. If more than one solution is being proposed, a separate proposal for each unique solution should be submitted.

The Trust welcomes bids from Small Businesses, Minority Businesses, Women’s Business Enterprises, Veteran-Owned Businesses, and/or Labor Surplus Area Firms.

Documents

• Notice of Award (PDF)
• Request for Proposal (Updated 02/19/2025) (PDF)
• Attachment A – Project Cost Proposal Form (.xlsx)
• Attachment B – Standard Agreement (.docx)
• Attachment C – Team Commitment Form (.docx)
• Attachment D – Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure and Protective Agreement (PDF)
• Attachment E – effRT Functionality and Examples (.zip)
• Attachment E – effRT Functionality and Examples (.7z)
• Attachment F – EEM Web Services Data Exchange Specification (PDF)
• Bidders’ webinar recording (video)
• Responses to Questions (Updated 03/11/2025) (PDF) 
  • Example effRT Reports (.zip)
  • Example effRT Reports (.7zip)